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Teach yourself how to play bass guitar with our easy rock bass guitar lessons for beginners.

***Comes with online access to free bass videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***

"I use this book for my bass students. It's a great primer for anyone who wants to play rock bass in a band! Super easy to follow and well written!" - John D, Arkansas

Progressive Beginner Rock Bass contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great rock bass guitar player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson rock bass tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of electric bass guitar. Basic knowledge of how to read music and playing bass is recommended but not required to teach yourself to learn to play bass guitar from this book.

Teach yourself:

How to play electric bass guitar

How to play bass guitar notes and bass guitar scales

All the fundamental techniques of rock bass playing including playing with a pick, fingers and slap bass technique

Practical bass guitar theory for learning how to read bass guitar music for beginners and how to read bass guitar tabs for beginners

Bass guitar tips and bass guitar tricks that every player should know when learning bass guitar including a system for playing all over the fretboard and creating bass lines from any type of scale or arpeggio.

Shortcuts for how to learn bass guitar fast by getting the most from bass practice sessions

Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the bass guitar today.

Features include:

Progressive step-by-step easy bass lessons written by a professional rock bass teacher

Beginner bass lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the bass guitar, fast.

LearnToPlayMusic.com's rock bass guitar lessons for beginners are used by students and bass guitar teachers worldwide to learn how to play bass guitar. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted bass guitar lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.

Techniques for the lead guitarist

Have you ever dutifully practiced your scales, as shown to you by a guitar teacher or in a book and wondered what is needed to turn it into real music? Vibrato and bending are two great techniques that will help to bring your guitar playing alive. Think of any accomplished lead guitarist - all of them would use vibrato and bending at some sta ...

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